Wiese Valley Railway
The meadow valley train is a 28.75 km long electrified main line in Baden- Württemberg in the triangle near Basel. It leads along the river meadow from the German railway station in Basel - initially on Swiss territory - to Zell in meadow valley.
History
The line was built as the first private railway in the Grand Duchy of Baden of the Wiesenthal Railway Company and opened in a length of 20 kilometers on 5 June 1862 to Schopfheim. Two days later, the regular operation began. The continuation of the valley as "Rear Wiesenthal train" got the Schopfheim - Zeller Railway Company on February 5, 1876.
This was followed from July 7, 1889, built by the Baden Railway Consortium Herrmann Bachstein, later the South German Railway Company belonging to Schmalspurbahn cell Todtnau, which was also referred to as "upper meadow valley railway".
Because the German Empire from the Grand Duchy of Baden demanded for military reasons, the construction of a powerful railroad from Weil am Rhein to Sackingen, for which the existing route Lörrach- Schopfheim should be shared, acquired the Baden State on January 1, 1889, the entire route Basel- cell and incorporated it into his Grand Ducal Baden State railways a. This had led from the start to operate at the expense of private companies. The transfer of ownership took place on 1 January 1889 to Schopfheim and a year later to cell. As one of the first lines in Germany, the line was electrified in 1913, together with the Wehratalbahn; The basis was - in addition to the strategic importance - the abundant hydropower. First we used single-phase AC at a frequency of 15 Hz and the voltage to 15 kV. The current supplied the water power plant Augst -Wyhlen. Used were specially designed locomotives of the Baden State Railways. Even if the frequency was in 1936 increased to 16 ⅔ hertz, so now other vehicles could be used, the electrical traction remained until 1955, a stand-alone operation. Then the train was massively used by commuting workers who have worked in the industries of the meadow valley. Particularly high ticket sales had the stations Lörrach Stetten, stones and Brombach. At the latter 136 036 tickets were sold alone in 1924.
Today's meaning
For the meadow valley railway railway infrastructure company responsible (EIU ) is the DB Netz AG; the rail passenger transport ( regional rail ) has been operated since June 15, 2003 by SBB GmbH, the German passenger transport subsidiary of Swiss Federal Railways ( SBB). In the years 2003-2005 massive modernization measures were carried out; with the exception of a residual freight transport and car trains to Lörrach, the character turned increasingly into a pure S- Bahn line without freight. Passenger traffic on the meadow valley railway has since been incorporated as S6 into the net of the Regio S- Bahn Basel. The meadow valley railway is complemented by the S5 of Weil am Rhein to Schopfheim or stones on the leg Lörrach -Stetten - uses the route of the meadow valley railway Schopfheim.
In the summer of 2004, the section of Lörrach -Stetten was to Haagen expanded to double track in order to extend the traveling on the railway line Weil am Rhein- Lörrach S5 until after stones can. The modernization of the stations included the preparation of a 55 cm high platform ( low-floor ) with a minimum length of 150 meters ( double traction RABe 521). Without significant freight were - similar to Schopfheim - just in Lörrach now deemed superfluous rail facilities further dismantled (including the rails 4 and 5 and the corresponding platform in Lörrach passenger station, track 2 in the mouth Castle station); created a new local electronic interlocking ( CBI ), which controls the entire range of meadow valley railway ( to border ) and the garden path ( Tüllinger to mid- tunnel ) of Lörrach. Most innovations were completed by the end of 2004 and put into use.
With the timetable change on 12 December 2004, the S5 of Lörrach was extended to rocks and offers the S6 daytime on the Lörrach -Stetten stones section quarter -hour. In addition, the new stop Lörrach- Schiller road went into operation.
On the track in 2005 railcars of the type Stadler Flirt (SBB series RABe 521 ) can be used since the fall, which replaced the 561 modified as a temporary solution for use in Germany NPZ push pull sets RBDe in March 2006 final.
The commissioning of the breakpoints Schopfheim West and Lörrach- Schwarzwaldstraße took place on December 9, 2007, the breakpoint Riehen low wood followed on 14 December 2008.
The timetable change on 13 December 2009, the following name changes at stations were made: Schiller Street in Lörrach Museum / courtyard, Lörrach Lörrach Hauptbahnhof, Haagen / Baden in Lörrach-Haagen/Messe and Brombach b. Lörrach in Lörrach-Brombach/Hauingen. Hauingen has thus for the first time in its history, a railway station.
The Lörracher Hauptbahnhof is used daily by about 3500 passengers, making it the busiest in the meadow valley (as of 2009 ). In 2010, he received a facility for dynamic passenger information. On all other breakpoints of the meadow valley railway electronic Zuganzeiger be installed on the platforms.